Create-a-Character Discussion - Castle Grayskullman and more - now with gallery!

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That's completely unfair. Not everyone looks at customs all the time. I barely ever do, really. First I'd ever seen that particular pic. Synchronicity and all that. It's not like it's not somewhere your mind would go. I mean, it's a fun concept but I'm sure quite a few people have mulled it over.

Ignorance isn't an excuse to the law and or concepts under it- it's one of the first rules I ever had hammered into me when studying Graphic Design and particularly design history. There have been MILLIONS of people sued because they thought a concept was unique and it's decided it wasn't.

I feel pretty bad for the winner of this contest since no matter what people are going to hate on his design for whatever reason. At the end of the day it is an original idea because few people would've actually fleshed that idea out. Then we get the bitterness because their character wasn't chosen. Berating TMS and SLL is because of who got to create them, and it can be written off as egoism. But this was made by a fan in a universe full of absurdity. Had this been your character and people called it lame or uninspired you would take offense. The guy put it out there and he won, based on a panel which probably included people whose opinion you actually respect. Sure nothing is liked by everyone but give the guy credit for doing what he did. I'm just not huge on people being rude when it comes to someone's creativity since that's the whole problem with our culture's art at this point. Internet jockeys hate on every original idea that come along so we continue to get remake after remake, which are also complained about, and this generation love the same type of video games. No one just accepts originality and most people want a consistent blending in everything but complain about it. Just my opinion. And Congratulations sir.